[NPMUG] Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

[Dave Sevick]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/05sjletter.html

January 5, 2009

Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday  
season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld  
keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote  
set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even  
publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community  
so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The  
reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I  
decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed  
to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found  
the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the  
proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have  
confirmed this diagnosis.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and  
straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I  
didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my  
doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I  
will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.

I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I  
will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I  
can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the  
Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will  
always put what is best for Apple first.

So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to  
say, about this.

Steve




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